Last updated on 26 June, 2020, 15:39:01. Updates are done Tuesdays and Fridays.

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Current forecast of hospital use for COVID-19 patients in the Ottawa area. Created by the team behind ProjectBigLife.ca at The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa with input and data from Ottawa Public Health.

NOTE: Observed hospitalization data from Ottawa Public Health is now being used as the Ottawa COVID-19 Database is now released.

Dashboard

Data to 2020-06-25

Current

2 confirmed COVID-19 patients in hospital.

Including 1 acute care patients. 1 ICU patients.

Short-range forecast

Fewer patients in the following week, reflecting a current halving time of 3 days (daily growth of -19%).

Long-range forecast

30 to 200 peak patients in Ottawa between June 2020 & Jan 2021.

Definitions

Hospital census is the count of patients in all Ottawa hospitals at midnight on the previous day.

Transmission is the risk that a person becomes infected when they come in contact with a person with COVID-19.

Doubling time refers to the time it takes for the number of hospitalized patients to double in number. Conversely, halving time refers to the time it takes for the number of hospitalized patients to halve in number.

Daily growth is the rate of change in the hospitalization from day-to-day.

Physical distancing is a reduction in close contact between people.

Physical distancing effectiveness is the reduction in the transmission of COVID-19 between an infected person and someone who has never had COVID-19, compared to the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020.

Safe socializing is ensuring you don’t become a link in a COVID-19 transmission chain that ends in a person becoming hospitalized or dying.

Safe reopening is lifting lockdown measures while ensuring a low risk of COVID-19 hospitalization and death. Safe reopening includes safe socializing, safe work and safe businesses - reopening while ensure we all ensure transmissions chains do not lead to hospitalization and death.

See More page for more information about the terms used.

Past hospital use

Note: As per Ottawa Public Health, hospital data reflecting the past 3-5 days should be considered preliminary as data is still being received and entered for this time period.

Projected hospital use

The hospital census forecast of:

30 patients on June 2020 is based on the previous week’s growth rate of -19%.

200 patients on Jan 2021 is based on a 20% increase in COVID-19 transmission.

2500 patients on Sep 2020 is based on a return to COVID-19 transmission to the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020.

Past deaths

Note: The number of deaths in the last 3-5 days may not reflect the actual number of COVID-19 deaths as case investigations are ongoing to determine earliest onset date.